In the USA, to "blow off" someone or something is to snub or ignore them. No
sexual subcontext.
I blew off the first Amery Airport autocross and speed run to take the TR4 to
the Back to the Fifties Weekend.
Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L 1979 Caterham 7
1993 Suburban 1994 Miata C-package 2007 Saturn Ion 3 2.4
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----- Dave1massey@cs.com wrote:
> From: Dave1massey@cs.com
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 12:47:47 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: Re: [TR] TR3 sighting on Masterpiece Theater
>
> In a message dated 7/20/2009 11:35:26 AM Central Daylight Time,
> david.brister@wanadoo.fr writes:
> > It might be that the Triumph connection is slightly tenuous in which
> case
> > I
> > apologise to the list, but I would be intrigued to know what exactly
>
> > "blown
> > off by two pretty girls" means on the western side of the pond? In
> UK you
> >
> > have to go to special cinemas to see films like that!
> >
> >
> Ah, the pitfalls of using slang ("highly informal speech that is
> outside
> conventual or standard usage..." Webster's New World). It tends to
> illustrate
> the old saw about two people separated by a common language.
>
> Well, don't get your knickers in a twist, no one is trying to take the
>
> piss.
>
> Dave
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